Word: slickly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Islanders whisked past L.A. and are nearing their peak. Injuries to opportunist Mike Bossy (who will play) and the slick but little-noted Anders Kallur (who won't) cloud their prospects, but goalie Billy Smith has waxed brilliant--he did not permit a goal in the last 96 minutes against the prolific Kings. The cognoscent who haunt section 308 in the Nassau County Coliseum point to the simultaneous addition of Butch Goring and loss of Billy Harris as the key to the Isles' Big Mo. Islanders...
...Dartmouth lost to Cornell over the weekend and then came in here with its back to the wall, needing a win to establish itself," Coach Bob Scalise said last night. "Like us, they play a very physical game and in this weather where the slick field eliminates our speed advantage, their size makes up for some lack of skill...
...Driving was tricky; a pack of investors had caught a stockbroker at an intersection, and the pavement was slick...
...started late, he managed to lure a pair of speedy backcourt men to put zip into the attack: Guards Rod Foster and Mike Holton. The two settled into the lineup slightly after midseason and played more like seniors than freshmen. The team began to jell. Brown scrapped the slick-passing offense he had favored at Denver and returned to Wooden's more traditional style. Sophomore Mike Sanders, a comparatively small 6 ft. 6 in., was switched from forward to center to key the attack. Brown also eliminated complicated defenses in favor of a simpler man-to-man coverage. With...
...conflicting advice at the meeting exemplified the confusion of Carter's economic policymakers, who increasingly resemble an orchestra in search of a conductor. Treasury Secretary Miller is described by White House economic aides as "very slick and facile," but has been distracted by questions as to the accuracy of his testimony to Senate investigators about $5.4 million in bribes paid while he was chairman of Textron...